険

See also: 險 and 险

険	U+967A, 険 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-967A

← 陹
[U+9679]

CJK Unified Ideographs

陻 →
[U+967B]

Translingual edit

Traditional	險
Shinjitai	険
Simplified	险

Etymology edit

Japanese shinjitai simplified from 險 (僉 → 㑒).

Han character edit

険 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓中人一人 (NLOMO) or 難弓中人一 (XNLOM), composition ⿰阝㑒)

narrow pass, strategic point

Related characters edit

検, 験, 剣

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1355, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41721
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 4138, character 4
Unihan data for U+967A

Japanese edit

Shinjitai	険
Kyūjitai	險

Kanji edit

険

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 險)

steep, severe, perilous

Readings edit

Go-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)^{←けん (ken, historical)}^{←けむ (kemu, ancient)}
Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)^{←けん (ken, historical)}^{←けむ (kemu, ancient)}
Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 険しい, Jōyō); さがし (sagashi, 険し)
Nanori: たか (taka); のり (nori)

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
険
けん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
險 (kyūjitai)

Noun edit

険(けん) • (ken)

steepness (of mountain); steep land
- Kaizan Nakazato (1913-1941) Dai-bosatsu tōge (大菩薩峠)
  江戸(えど)を出(で)て、武(ぶ)州(しゅう)八(はち)王(おう)子(じ)の宿(やど)から小(こ)仏(ぼとけ)、笹(ささ)子(ご)の険(けん)を越(こ)えて甲(こう)府(ふ)へ出(で)る、それがいわゆる甲(こう)州(しゅう)街(かい)道(どう)で
  Edo o dete, Bushū Hachiōji no yado kara Kobotoke, Sasago no ken o koete Kōfu e deru, sore ga iwayuru Kōshū kaidō de
  Go out from Edo, from the post-town Hachiōji, Musashi via steep lands of Kobotoke and Sasago to Kōfu; that is what we call Kōshū Kaidō and—
hardness, difficulty
- Ishii Kendō (w:ja:石井研堂) (1906) Chōyu Hijutsu Tsurishi Katagi (釣遊秘術釣師気質)
  不快(ふかい)の言(げん)を聴(き)き、不快(ふかい)の物(もの)を見(み)れば、神(しん)を害(がい)し、険(けん)を冒(おか)し危(き)を踏(ふ)めば、生(せい)を害(がい)す。
  Fukai no gen o kiki, fukai no mono o mireba, shin o gaishi, ken o okashi ki o fumeba, sei o gaisu.
  If you hear unpleasant words and see unpleasant things, they'll harm your mind; if you risk the difficulty and step on the danger, they'll harm your life.
a cold and severe feeling that appears in the facial and speech expressions; sternness
- Yoshio Toyoshima (w:ja:豊島与志雄) (1952) Hanako no chinjutsu (花子の陳述)
  そして美津子(みつこ)さんは急(きゅう)に痩(や)せてきたようで、もともと引(ひき)緊(つ)っていた頬(ほお)の肉(にく)が、一(いっ)層緊(そうきん)張(ちょう)してきて、黒(くろ)目(め)がちな眼(め)に、険(けん)のある陰(かげ)が深(ふか)まってきました。
  soshite Mitsuko-san wa kyū ni yasete kita yō de, motomoto hikitsutteita hō no nikuga, issō kinchō shite kite, kurome-gachi na me ni, ken no aru kage ga fukamatte kimashita.
  And Mitsuko-san seemed to have suddenly skinny; the flesh on her cheeks which had been originally tense, became even more tense, and on her black eyes, shadow of sternness was getting deeper.

Adjective edit

険(けん) • (ken) -na (adnominal 険(けん)な (ken na), adverbial 険(けん)に (ken ni))

stern
- Kyōka Izumi (1910) Uta andon (歌行灯)
  其(そ)の嫉(しっ)妬(と)執(しゅう)着(ちゃく)の、険(けん)な不思議(ふしぎ)の形相(ぎょうそう)が
  sono shitto shūchaku no, ken na fushigi no gyōsō ga
  That jealousy and obsession, its stern strange look—
(dialectal, Kōchi) steep
険(けん)な山(やま)やき、気(き)をつけて登(のぼ)りや。
Ken na yama ya ki, ki o tsukete noboriya.
'Tis steep mountain, so be careful to climb.

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
険
さが Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
險 (kyūjitai) 嵯峨

Adjective edit

険(さが) • (saga) ^†-tari (adnominal 険(さが)とした (saga to shita) or 険(さが)たる (saga taru), adverbial 険(さが)と (saga to) or 険(さが)として (saga to shite))

high and steep (of mountain)